Topenga Ataata
Kupu Tūpato
Baby, when I met you there was peace unknown
– E te tamaiti, i taku tutaki ki a koe, kaore I mohiotia te rangimarie
I set out to get you with a fine tooth comb
– I haere ahau ki te tiki i a koe ki te kakau niho pai
I was soft inside, there was somethin’ going on
– He ngohengohe ahau i roto, he mea kei te haere tonu
You do something to me that I can’t explain
– Ka mahi koe i tetahi mea ki ahau kaore e taea e au te whakamarama
Hold me closer and I feel no pain
– Kia mau ki ahau, ā, kāore au e mamae
Every beat of my heart, we got somethin’ goin’ on
– Ko ia patunga o toku ngakau, ka whiwhi tatou i te tahi mea’ haere’ i runga i
Tender love is blind, it requires a dedication
– He matapo te aroha ngawari, me whakatapua
All this love we feel, needs no conversation
– Tenei aroha katoa fe tatou, e kore e hiahia ana kōrero
We ride it together, ah ah
– Ka eke tahi tātou, ah ah
Makin’ love with each other, ah ah
– Te aroha ki a rātou anō, ah ah
Islands in the stream, that is what we are
– Ko ngā moutere i roto i te awa, koia tātau
No one in between, how can we be wrong
– Kāore he tangata i waenganui, me pēhea e hē ai tātou
Sail away with me to another world
– Rere atu ki ahau ki tētahi atu ao
And we rely on each other, ah ah
– A ka whakawhirinaki tatou ki a tatou ano, ah ah
From one lover to another, ah ah
– Mai i tētahi hoa aroha ki tētahi atu, ah ah
I can’t live without you if the love was gone
– Kāore e taea e au te ora me te kore koe mēnā kua ngaro te aroha
Everything is nothin’ if you got no one
– He mea noa nga mea katoa ki te kore koe e whiwhi i tetahi
And you did walk in tonight
– I haere koe i tēnei pō
Slowly loosen’ sight of the real thing
– Āta wewete ‘ te tirohanga o te mea tūturu
But that won’t happen to us and we got no doubt
– Engari e kore e pa ki a mātou ā kāore he ruarua
Too deep in love and we got no way out
– He tino aroha, ā, kāore he huarahi ki waho
And the message is clear
– A he mārama te karere
This could be the year for the real thing
– Koinei pea te tau mo te mea pono
No more will you cry, baby, I will hurt you never
– E kore koe e tangi, e te tamaiti, e kore ahau e whara i a koe
We start and end as one, in love forever
– Ka tīmata, ka mutu hei kotahi, i roto i te aroha mō ake tonu atu
We can ride it together, ah ah
– Ka taea e tātou te eke tahi, ah ah
Makin’ love with each other, ah ah
– Te aroha ki a rātou anō, ah ah
Islands in the stream, that is what we are
– Ko ngā moutere i roto i te awa, koia tātau
No one in between, how can we be wrong
– Kāore he tangata i waenganui, me pēhea e hē ai tātou
Sail away with me to another world
– Rere atu ki ahau ki tētahi atu ao
And we rely on each other, ah ah
– A ka whakawhirinaki tatou ki a tatou ano, ah ah
From one lover to another, ah ah
– Mai i tētahi hoa aroha ki tētahi atu, ah ah
Sail away
– Ka rere atu
Ooh, sail away with me
– Ooh, rere atu ki ahau
Islands in the stream, that is what we are
– Ko ngā moutere i roto i te awa, koia tātau
No one in between, how can we be wrong
– Kāore he tangata i waenganui, me pēhea e hē ai tātou
Sail away with me to another world
– Rere atu ki ahau ki tētahi atu ao
And we rely on each other, ah ah
– A ka whakawhirinaki tatou ki a tatou ano, ah ah
From one lover to another, ah ah
– Mai i tētahi hoa aroha ki tētahi atu, ah ah
Islands in the stream, that is what we are
– Ko ngā moutere i roto i te awa, koia tātau
No one in between, how can we be wrong
– Kāore he tangata i waenganui, me pēhea e hē ai tātou
Sail away with me to another world
– Rere atu ki ahau ki tētahi atu ao
And we rely on each other, ah ah
– A ka whakawhirinaki tatou ki a tatou ano, ah ah
From one lover to another, ah ah
– Mai i tētahi hoa aroha ki tētahi atu, ah ah
Islands in the stream, that is what we are
– Ko ngā moutere i roto i te awa, koia tātau
No one in between, how can we be wrong
– Kāore he tangata i waenganui, me pēhea e hē ai tātou
